Sandbox: table diagnosis myxoa

The table below summarizes the findings that differentiate Cardiac Myxoma from other conditions that cause Emboli and hemorrhage:

Imaging Technique	Features	Sensitivity	Specificity	Limitations
Echocardiogram	B	C	D	E
MRI	Cardiac myxomas appear spherical or ovoid with lobular contours, irregular in shape. T1: tend to be low to intermediate signal, but areas of haemorrhage may be high T2: can be variable due to heterogeneity in tumour componants; e.g calcific components > low signal; myxomatous components > high signal GE (gradient echo): may show blooming of calcific components T1 C+ (Gd): shows enhancement (important discriminator from a thrombus) demonstrates uniform heterogeneous enhancement.	C	D	E
CT	Intracardiac heterogeneously low attenuating mass. The attenuation is usally lower than that of myocardium, coarse dystrophic calcification is common.	C	D	E
Angiography	B	C	D	E
Chest x-ray	Results can be normal. Otherwise, common findings include cardiomegaly, left atrial enlargement, vascular redistribution, prominent pulmonary trunk, and intracardiac tumoral calcification(rare).	C	D	E